San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-24

VIII be DONG great kindness TO my affec-
Tomato AUNT RUTH.
Kitty was thoughtful for some time.
"Oh. mother, should like so much
to go To WOOdlawn. 1t is delightful
there The company is always refined,
intelligent, and entertaining. 1t inn
proves my French SO much to talk with
MarceaIs. And DIR. Muller is to be
there lie has been abroad for years,
engaged in scientific researches con-
nectcd with his profession. He knows
everything"
Mrs. Ward saw very well the strug.
gle her daughter was undergoing, but
she only SAID:
Decide for yourself, my DEAR" and
left her.
After sharp struggle with herself
Kitty wrote a regret 10 Cousin Alice
and acceptance to Aunt Ruth.
Aunt Ruth took off her spectacles
and wiped her eyes when she read Kit
ty's note and said: The blessed child!"
and then handed it to the physician by
her bedside to read. The physician,
grave, quiet-looking gentleman, with
broad, white forehead and deep eyes,
was the child of dear, early friend Of
Aunt Ruth.
Kitty came at the appointed time,
and within a week the house was a
changed place. The doors and win
dows were opened, the sweet air and
sunshine let in. Bouquets were scat
tered here and there, freshly arranged
each day. The rigid arrangement of
the furniture was broken. Aunt Ruth's
old piano was tuned and drawn up near
the door of her room that Kitty might
sing old hymns to her. Aunt Ruth's
good old heart was greatly rejoiced by
all this change, and the doctor WON
dered greatly. He saw the effect and
knew Kitty to be the cause, but the
means was to him a mystery. From
day to day he spent much time, won
dering what change such bright spir-
it would make in his grand but somber
old place, mile or two distant.
Nothing could exceed Kitty's amaze
ment when she found that Aunt Ruth's
friend, to whom she had written so
often, of whom she talked so much,
was the great DR.. Muller. She did not
talk much in his presence, for she
stood in real awe of him: but her doubt
was unspeakable in listening to his
conversation with Aunt Ruth. His
vast knowledge, his varied experiences,
his great and good ideas, were wonder
full to her, and she congratulated her
self many times that she knew him so
much better here than she could have
done at Wcodlawn.
Aunt Ruth grew rapidly better. So,
about the time DR.. Muller did. But for
some reason she did not enjoy it as she
had done in former days. Everything
lacked tone and interest, and she
looked back with sigh to the quiet
conversations in Aunt Ruth's sick
room. She saw but little of DR.. Muller.
He seemed engrossed by the gentlemen.
Toward the close of the visit DR..
Muller proposed that the party should
transfer themselves to his place for a
week or so. This invitation was hailed
with delight, for the old Muller place,
with its majestic trees, beautiful views,
long avenues, grassy lawns, and above
all, the grand mysterious rooms, closed
since his mothers death, were objects
of interest to all. Not the smallest of
Kitty's pleasures was that she found
dear Aunt Ruth there, but she carried
a dreary heart the while; for it seemed
to her that all the interest in life was
concentrated in this one spot, and how
soon she was to leave it.
One day DR.. Muller sat in his library
alone. his head buried in his hands.
NUM- IluUu CdllC SOlJlg III. ClIC saw
his look of wretchedneSS.
Thee ought to be a happy man, Her
mann, with these broad lands and thy
great opportunities to do good. But
thee does not look So"
Aunt Ruth, | would give all of this
and more for the one little eve lamb
that is not mine"
What does thee mean, HERMANN
Il mean that my selfish heart, full of
cares, pines for your lovely little Kitty"
Aunt Ruth walked out of the library
with more celebrity than her gentle
movements usually permitted, went to
Kitty's room in manner that might
be called excited, and said:
katherine, go to the library; the
doctor has need of thee"
Kitty fastened, little alarmed.
Aunt Ruth says you want me, DR..
Muller"
81 do want you, do. What else did
she tell you? That my whole being is
crying out for you, that my heart is
hungry and Unsuitable? But did not
mean to disturb your happy life. l did
not mean this knowledge to come to
you"
Kitty turned her sweet, true face full
upon him. "Dr. Muller, in all the world
there is nothing L would rather have
l.. L.